to think of the actual craftsmanship and notice perhaps any hidden clues.It is clear that there are two meanings attached to the inscription on the monument. The most obvious is that which serves to appease an onlooker only reading to confirm their beliefs that Shakespeare did in fact write the Shakespearean works. The other, the secret one is for people that dont know what to believe. It is this that challenges the passer-by to the riddle that follows; lays clues for its solution; reveals the hidden name; and concludes by the author signing off as a page in service.Although the above conclusions are sound, they are still only the first step in establishing the truth behind Shakespeare's identity. A single mention of de Vere's name is not enough. It could be explained as a chance occurrence. However, a true craftsman, to further show off his skill, would create more than one clue leading to de Vere as to eliminate all possibilities of coincidence.A different method for encrypting secret messages into documents is by Equidistant Letter Sequencing: a technique learned from the Jewish cabbalists (occultists) in the 16th century. It involves the construction of a message by using every nth letter in a passage of text. By stringing these letters together, the person decoding the document can then learn what has been hidden. All he or she needs to know is the value of n and where to begin.(Cabbalist theories claim to give two meanings to the five books of Moses in the Old Testament -one basic and the other secret. It is this idea, which was very common during the16th century that has been used in constructing the Stratford Monument).Like all good encryption devices, the Equidistant Letter Sequence is mathematically based, so there is always a chance that the messaging has occurred by accident. However, as the number of letters in the message increases, so the probability of their occurrence by chance dramatically decreases.Equidistant Letter ...
